Assia Dagher in 'Enchanted Eyes'

One of the earliest science fiction themes in Egyptian cinema was Oyuoun Sahera (Enchanted Eyes, 1934) where Assia’s character who loses her sweetheart in a car crash and uses black magic to bring him back from the dead, scouring the country with her magical eyes searching for a host for his disembodied soul.

For more, see Yasmine El Dorghamy's article 'Calling The Shots' from Rawi magazine's Issue 9 available online (link in details).